What is CHAS? (Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme)
CHAS (Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) was set up in 1998. It provides contractors with a benchmark in health and safety competence, which many clients now insist upon before invitation to tender or the award of the contract – especially when it comes to local authority building work.
The CHAS assessment covers many aspects including:
- Health and safety policy statement
- Organisation for health and safety
- Specific health and safety arrangements to a standard acceptable to clients
There is little doubt that this type of benchmarking will eventually lead to a considerable improvement in health and safety standards across the construction industry.
Health & Safety Xpert software is also dedicated to improving such standards and it is no coincidence that it ticks most of the boxes required for the CHAS assessment.
The Health & Safety Xpert has been refined over the years and is now tailored to cover the following topics specifically mentioned in the CHAS assessment.
- Company Policy
- Risk and COSHH assessments
- Accident reporting
- Assessing sub-contractor competence
- Work equipment and plant inspections
- Electrical safety
- Emergency arrangements
- Manual handling
- Asbestos
If you have concerns regarding your ability to meet the CHAS standard then why not take a major step in the right direction and encourage the purchase of HBXL’s Health & Safety Xpert.
David Price
Health and Safety Consultant
CITB accredited Course Tutor
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